The nature of the #Kompromat the Russians have gathered to use against so many Republicans is real & must be seriously hardcore, terrible, & career ending in nature.
We've been saying for awhile now, and as @NormOrnstein tweeted today, nothing else explains @LindseyGrahamSC.
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We've been saying for awhile now, and as @NormOrnstein tweeted today, nothing else explains @LindseyGrahamSC.
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People point to the $600,000 donation Graham recieved from Russian Oligarchs connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin, shortly before his about face, but I don't buy that.
That's actually not that much when you consider money in politics, it really isn't.
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That's actually not that much when you consider money in politics, it really isn't.
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Graham went, and almost overnight, from being the most vocal and often only critic of Trump's in either the House or Senate, to rubber stamping his entire agenda as well as playing the role of softener of the blows on more than one occasion.
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The latter role he played as recently as this past Thursday when he announced that the Unidicted Coconspirator in Chief would likely be firing his Attorney General @jeffsessions soon, and dutifully explaining all the reasons why that was ok.
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This might sound crazy but the donation in question is almost too obvious, and almost too perfectly timed to Graham's sudden flip to be actually responsible for it.
My theory is that the transaction is actually the cover story.
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My theory is that the transaction is actually the cover story.
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It is merely the thing easy enough to find that would seem to explain to anyone who was curious what could possibly be responsible for Graham's sudden change in attitude. It was meant to keep people from looking for the real story.
Graham has been in politics a long time.
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Graham has been in politics a long time.
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He knows what real money is, and no one in his position is going to think that even a million dollars is worth his legacy and reputation.
Graham had been legitimately appalled by Trump. You could hear it in his voice.
He argued that it had to be nation over party.
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Graham had been legitimately appalled by Trump. You could hear it in his voice.
He argued that it had to be nation over party.
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And no amount of money alone is going to cause someone in Graham's position to go from critic to fool in love overnight.
Whatever it is Russia has on these fools must be capable of atomic level political and personal annhilation.
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Whatever it is Russia has on these fools must be capable of atomic level political and personal annhilation.
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